Friday, 11 August 2017

Baron will be the fourth book for Patrol Angis at The Ion Age

As
announced on the 1st of August 2017 we are entering the leading edge of
the second phase for The Ion Age and my own contribution to this will
be the forth book for Patrol Angis. If you missed this important
article you can read it on our BLOG. The forth title will be a setting book which will be of interest not only to players of Patrol Angis
but also any of the other Ion Age game systems past, present and
future. It will be called 'Baron' and it is the story of the Prydian
Civil War.

As
you can see there will be a lot packed into the sixty four pages of
Baron. The tale of the more than thirty years of the Civil War from the
death of King Cyon at Fenway Prime to the climatic defeat of the League
of Yordan led by Reckhart Nevall at Lundwick III. The star systems of
the Precinct will give you details and events for all of the important
places during the Civil War as well as their uniforms, tactics and more.
Marcher Barons are the powerful leaders and lords of the systems and
this book will explain the League of Canlaster, the League of Yordan as
well as other baronial forces large and small. Condots are knights and
muster who sell their swords to the highest bidder and you will learn
about the infamous among them such as the Quarrel Company of the
legendary Diodine Sparrow.

There
are also two sections of the Baron book which will bring new rules and
statistics along with troops and characters to Patrol Angis. These are
the introduction of the illustrious Starvaulters...yes...the golden
haired rock gods of space opera...million strong and the best warriors
in the Precinct. A full account of their armour, weapons, troop types,
vehicles as well as lance organisation and the Code Gallant. Secondly
advanced character and personality rules. These will add right onto the
ones found in the core Patrol Angis book with points costs and will
give more customisation of your miniatures. There will also be some of
the most important characters along with their rules in play such as
Edmund Bluefort, Reckhart Nevall, Diodine Sparrow, Marcus Flame and
Thomas de Lancey.

(Above is the only current 15mm Starvaulter and it is a one off sculpt..for now.

The
creation of this book is currently under way among my work upon
Flintloque and upon Valon, upon Darkhelm and other projects too. I am
aiming for publication later this year and hope to get Sam Croes to
create another epic piece of cover art for the book too. But before
that I would like to point you towards the Alternative Armies Tabletop Gaming Group
which is where I hang out on Facebook answering questions and talking
gaming. I am putting a thread up asking for input on Baron such as
which new skills, abilities, objects and more you would like to see in
the advanced rules. There are dozens of players of Patrol Angis in the
group and all who chip in with suggestions on the thread will get a
credit in the book. If you are not a member then please do apply to
join and I will let you in. It is a lovely small group and very
friendly.

If you want to email me direct then do so with your input to info@theionage.com or comment on the blog post.